Wikileaks Reveals CIA's Hacking Tools
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http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39193008
The alleged cyber-weapons are said to include malware that targets Windows, Android, iOS, OSX and Linux computers as well as internet routers.
Some of the software is reported to have been developed in-house, but the UK's MI5 agency is said to have helped build a spyware attack for Samsung TVs.
A spokesman for the CIA would not confirm the details.
"We do not comment on the authenticity or content of purported intelligence documents," he said. -
@mlnews said in Wikileaks Reveals CIA's Hacking Tools:
but the UK's MI5 agency is said to have helped build a spyware attack for Samsung TVs.
LOL - and I was already unplugging network access from my Samsung TV.
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The CIA leaked them because they lost control of the Tools; they released them to this vendor and that vendor, and no longer knew who had them. Therefore, they leaked it to WikiLeaks so the vulnerabilities could be widely known and fixed.
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Apple, Samsung and Microsoft react to Wikileaks' CIA dump
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I love the 'makes us less safe' bs from the CIA and FBI. Just total lies that most people believe because someone 'with authority' tells them so.
What is 'less safe' for everybody in this country except them is keeping these vulnerabilities to themselves so they can hack any American's tv or smartphone without consequence. But they dont do that, they told us so. -
FBI and CIA launch criminal investigation into 'malware leaks'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39210628 -
@scottalanmiller said in Wikileaks Reveals CIA's Hacking Tools:
FBI and CIA launch criminal investigation into 'malware leaks'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39210628Yes, investigate the leaks and not the infringement of privacy.
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@JaredBusch said in Wikileaks Reveals CIA's Hacking Tools:
@scottalanmiller said in Wikileaks Reveals CIA's Hacking Tools:
FBI and CIA launch criminal investigation into 'malware leaks'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39210628Yes, investigate the leaks and not the infringement of privacy.
My thoughts exactly.
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@JaredBusch said in Wikileaks Reveals CIA's Hacking Tools:
@scottalanmiller said in Wikileaks Reveals CIA's Hacking Tools:
FBI and CIA launch criminal investigation into 'malware leaks'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39210628Yes, investigate the leaks and not the infringement of privacy.
'Murica
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@JaredBusch said in Wikileaks Reveals CIA's Hacking Tools:
@scottalanmiller said in Wikileaks Reveals CIA's Hacking Tools:
FBI and CIA launch criminal investigation into 'malware leaks'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39210628Yes, investigate the leaks and not the infringement of privacy.
What privacy? Google, Facebook, and Amazon already know everything about us.
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@dafyre said in Wikileaks Reveals CIA's Hacking Tools:
@JaredBusch said in Wikileaks Reveals CIA's Hacking Tools:
@scottalanmiller said in Wikileaks Reveals CIA's Hacking Tools:
FBI and CIA launch criminal investigation into 'malware leaks'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39210628Yes, investigate the leaks and not the infringement of privacy.
What privacy? Google, Facebook, and Amazon already know everything about us.
That's willing though, we agree to that through TOS and using their services. This is an invasion of privacy.
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@coliver said in Wikileaks Reveals CIA's Hacking Tools:
@dafyre said in Wikileaks Reveals CIA's Hacking Tools:
@JaredBusch said in Wikileaks Reveals CIA's Hacking Tools:
@scottalanmiller said in Wikileaks Reveals CIA's Hacking Tools:
FBI and CIA launch criminal investigation into 'malware leaks'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39210628Yes, investigate the leaks and not the infringement of privacy.
What privacy? Google, Facebook, and Amazon already know everything about us.
That's willing though, we agree to that through TOS and using their services. This is an invasion of privacy.
While it's true the TOS is there, less than 1% actually read it. None the less, anyone using these services, if they sit down and think about it will realize they are giving this information to them freely.
That is definitely not the case for our government - I offer them nothing they don't specifically ask for.. instead they just hack for it.
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@Dashrender said in Wikileaks Reveals CIA's Hacking Tools:
@coliver said in Wikileaks Reveals CIA's Hacking Tools:
@dafyre said in Wikileaks Reveals CIA's Hacking Tools:
@JaredBusch said in Wikileaks Reveals CIA's Hacking Tools:
@scottalanmiller said in Wikileaks Reveals CIA's Hacking Tools:
FBI and CIA launch criminal investigation into 'malware leaks'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39210628Yes, investigate the leaks and not the infringement of privacy.
What privacy? Google, Facebook, and Amazon already know everything about us.
That's willing though, we agree to that through TOS and using their services. This is an invasion of privacy.
While it's true the TOS is there, less than 1% actually read it. None the less, anyone using these services, if they sit down and think about it will realize they are giving this information to them freely.
That is definitely not the case for our government - I offer them nothing they don't specifically ask for.. instead they just hack for it.
Only the 1% really matter, though
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@stacksofplates said in Wikileaks Reveals CIA's Hacking Tools:
Well, duh. When I told the owners here about the last time we saw a major attack, they said the same thing "I bet that's a US government agency disguising themselves by using hacked computers in Russia" It really is nice to work with people that have at least a few brain cells to rub together.
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Russian hysteria must come in 30 year cycles.
1950's
1980's
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@Son-of-Jor-El said in Wikileaks Reveals CIA's Hacking Tools:
Russian hysteria must come in 30 year cycles.
1950's
1980's
2010'sIt's like fashion trends, it must repeat at least once every generation.
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I'm heading to the Russian border in a week! But doesn't look like there will be time to actually cross it this time.
